Library 2.0 Jan 25/2008 Notes **presenter**
WIKIS
  • Wizzywig- what you see is what you get
  • Can save as a draft & no one else can see the content. Regular save publishes the page for sharing. URL longer= saved. Buttons below. Tabs above to edit. Page renaming by wiki organizer (Rick) only unless he enables others as organizers.
  • Can get email notification everytime something is changed on a wiki.(See tab "Notify Me" above.) This is useful for monitoring/moderating with students. History documents who has done what.
  • With a blog, you don't have this same kind of public audit trail... only the administrator knows who has done what
  • https://edcolibrary.wikispaces.com/efbook = unique URL so it can be bookmarked!
  • One person used wikis for assignment pages with resources. & then did podcasting for student assignment. Set up wikis with teacher- Created a wiki about using wikis for teachers. Suggests to teachers using only 1 page to center all discussion so students not all over the place commenting on a page which is not the correct topic page.
  • One advantage over group email is having the ability to co-write & co-edit a document.
  • Library staff using for status of projects to communicate internally.
  • Newton-we used for tech plan development & for grant-writing.
  • Youtube video: post to staff email...
  • Another person's Question: How do you get the group to come to an agreement on a document? use the discussion button or have a forum. Administrator can lock a page so no more changes can be made but still continue the discussion.
  • Scroll to bottom of pages, select theHelp link & it wll guide you!
  • See the wiki slides...Wikipedia more current & "nearly as accurate" as encyclopedia Britannica. Syntax not as good- overwritten- not as easily understandable or accessible. wikis are easy website & less complicated to manage.
  • Wikinews.org
  • library wiki for best practices libsuccess.org
  • Can get a copy of the powerpoint slides from the presentation section to get it & use with staff/modify as needed.
  • Valenza blog is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/SLJNeverEndingSearch
  • Valenza wiki is: Teacher Librarian Wiki , by Joyce Valenza - http://teacherlibrarianwiki.pbwiki.com/
  • Wiki for school library teachers.
  • Presenter does not use pbwiki because it is not as secure so you can see other peoples' personal stuff. You can also be "locked out". wikispaces is more secure.
  • Hard to find best practices of teachers' wikis because most are private
  • Waltham High site - embedding media - on EDCO library site embed audio or video directions or embed powerpoint: voki's (characters) -insert widgets button at top- or imeme for audio...can see teachers looking at site but she struggles to get people to add/participate
  • http://walthamhigh.wikispaces.com/
  • Find out what are the inhibitors for us to doing something more like Waltham??? Is it security, space, permissions/user agreement or "contract"
  • nutmeg chlren's book award wiki has a student contract & guidelines...or a wiki code of ethics that student help to develop...eg. no talking in IM-ing language nutmeg.wikispaces.com
BLOGS
  • A series of posts or entries, a web log or diary not interactive- usually ordered by date
  • Only owner can change or edit a post...however, can do a team blogging so distinguishing characteristic is really the purpose of it: group editting truly more a wiki - blogs like Will Richardson or Joyce Valenza have blogs that are more informative
  • Blogs - RSS- Really Simple Syndication
  • Can comment or respond or put up a link
  • Not all blogs have commenting enabled
  • Can be emailed when blog is updated- RSS feed notifies of blogs updated- There are RSS feeders or aggregators that can be installed. Set up an RSS reader account - bloglines.com.
  • http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english Common Craft on blog readers HOW-TO
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